{"id":288121,"date":"2020-11-12T11:38:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T06:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=288121"},"modified":"2020-11-12T11:38:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T06:38:33","slug":"ali-kazmi-starrer-funny-boy-gets-nominated-for-oscars-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/ali-kazmi-starrer-funny-boy-gets-nominated-for-oscars-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Kazmi-Starrer &#8216;Funny Boy&#8217; Gets Nominated for Oscars 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Kazmi\u2019s \u2018<strong><em>Funny Boy<\/em><\/strong>\u2019 has made it to the nominations for Oscars 2021. Canada nominated the film for the &#8216;<em>Best International Film<\/em>&#8216; category.<\/p>\n<p>The production company behind the indie film, Hamilton-Mehta films, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2020\/10\/funny-boy-trailer-deepa-mehta-1234596110\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> that <strong><em>Funny Boy<\/em> <\/strong>has been selected as Canada\u2019s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 93rd Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/where-are-these-ptv-child-stars-nowadays-pictures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Where Are These PTV Child Stars Nowadays? [Pictures]<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The movie is directed by Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta. Pakistani artist Ali Kazmi essays a pivotal role in the movie. The rest of the <strong><em>Funny Boy<\/em><\/strong> cast includes Nimmi Harasgama, Ali Kazmi, Agam Darshi, Seema Biswas, Rehan Mudannayake, and Shivantha Wijesinha.<\/p>\n<p>Filmmaker Mehar Jaffri was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13345636\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">production manager for the movie<\/a> produced by David Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About Funny Boy<\/h3>\n<p>The film is based on a book by the same title, written by Shyam Selvadurai. The story follows a teen boy exploring his feelings for a male classmate amid the 1983 Tamil uprising in Sri Lanka. For authenticity, the movie was filmed in Colombo, Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-smtdldjoh04\" style=\"max-width:662px;\" class=\"arve\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div style=\"aspect-ratio:331\/186\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.193353%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;bluetooth &#039;none&#039;;browsing-topics &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;otp-credentials &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;summarizer &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;web-share;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-smtdldjoh04\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/SMtDLDjoh04?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"372\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/SMtDLDjoh04?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"662\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p>The setting is amid the premise of the country&#8217;s civil war as political clashes between Sinhalese and Tamil ethnic communities escalated.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/this-pakistani-norwegians-film-has-made-it-to-the-oscars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This Pakistani-Norwegian&#8217;s Film Has Made it to the Oscars<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ali Kazmi\u2019s \u2018Funny Boy\u2019 has made it to the nominations for Oscars 2021. Canada nominated the film for the &#8216;Best International Film&#8216; category. The production company behind the indie film, Hamilton-Mehta films, announced that Funny Boy has been selected as Canada\u2019s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 93rd Academy Awards. 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